Showing posts with label IDEA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label IDEA. Show all posts
Friday, May 8, 2009
Increased spending on disability issues in President's budget proposal
Disability Scoop announces that increased expenditures have been proposed in the following areas of President Obama's budget: $11.5 billion for special education; $211 million for autism research and other amounts for autism awareness and early diagnosis; increase of $10 million for Office of Disability Employment Policy at US Dept of Labor; $125 million for child/teen mental health; $11.6 billion to decrease backlog of claims at Social Security Administration; $145 million to increase attorneys handling civil rights cases at US Dept of Justice; $8 million for Centers for Independent Living and other programs.
Monday, May 21, 2007
Update: Parents of boy with autism win case for right to self represent in court
Parents of an autistic child won a Supreme Court case granting them the right to self represent -
"...the right to go to court without a lawyer to challenge their public school district’s individualized plan for their child’s education.
The 7-to-2 decision involved an interpretation of the federal law that gives all children the right to a “free appropriate public education,” regardless of disability. Millions of children receive benefits under the law, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Most federal appeals courts have ruled that when a dispute brings families and school districts into court, the parents cannot proceed without a lawyer."
Via NY Times
"...the right to go to court without a lawyer to challenge their public school district’s individualized plan for their child’s education.
The 7-to-2 decision involved an interpretation of the federal law that gives all children the right to a “free appropriate public education,” regardless of disability. Millions of children receive benefits under the law, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Most federal appeals courts have ruled that when a dispute brings families and school districts into court, the parents cannot proceed without a lawyer."
Via NY Times
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
NY Times article on parents' right to self represent in case of boy with autism
As justices mull over arguments heard Tuesday, news coverage continues...
Parents of boy with autism fight for right to self represent in court
Via the Washington Post:
"Parents should not be forced to hire a lawyer to sue public school districts over their children's special education needs, the lawyer for parents of an autistic child told the Supreme Court Tuesday."
In the case of Winkelman v. Parma City School District, 05-983, the Winkelmans have spent about $30,000 on lawyers.
The article reads:
"Most federal courts have said parents don't have the right to sue and, if they are not lawyers, cannot represent their children in lawsuits filed under the Individuals With Disabilities in Education Act, the main federal special education law."
The parents do not want their son educated in the public school but in a private school that costs $6000 a year.
"Parents should not be forced to hire a lawyer to sue public school districts over their children's special education needs, the lawyer for parents of an autistic child told the Supreme Court Tuesday."
In the case of Winkelman v. Parma City School District, 05-983, the Winkelmans have spent about $30,000 on lawyers.
The article reads:
"Most federal courts have said parents don't have the right to sue and, if they are not lawyers, cannot represent their children in lawsuits filed under the Individuals With Disabilities in Education Act, the main federal special education law."
The parents do not want their son educated in the public school but in a private school that costs $6000 a year.
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